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Arizona's five freshmen weren't the only ones learning from the Maui Invitational experience.

LAHAINA - Talk about turning it on after halftime. No. 24 Vanderbilt shot 69 percent in the second half to overcome a five-point deficit at the break and beat Arizona 84-72 in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday.

LAHAINA, Hawaii a ' Frustrated by Coloradoa TMs ever-cutting Princeton-style offense, Arizona countered with three-point shooting en route to a 91-87 overtime win over the Buffaloes in a Maui Invitational consolation game today at the Lahaina Civic Center.

Monday night's UA vs. Wisconsin men's basketball game ended past midnight Tucson time.

Going home today Although Arizona was designated as the visiting team Monday, wearing blue against the red-and-white Badgers, its status on the lower half of the bracket for tonight's game dictates that the Wildcats will wear home white jerseys today.

The thing Nic Wise said he was looking forward to most this season is next, and the Maui Invitational's attractions are obvious: tropical weather, sandy beaches, strong competition and resume-building exposure via the ESPN networks.

GAME NOTES: After a successful start at home, the Rice Owls now hit the road for the first time as they invade the McKale Center in Tucson to tangle with the Arizona Wildcats in non-conference play.

Of the five starters who opened Sean Miller's coaching tenure at Arizona, there's a pretty good chance one appreciated it just a little more than the others.

After three years of instability at the head coaching position, it is safe to assume that Wildcat fans can expect to see Sean Miller on the bench beyond this season.

Freshman Solomon Hill scored 17 points to lead the Arizona Wildcats to a 87-71 victory over the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks in non-conference action.

In order to establish a new culture for a new era that begins today, Sean Miller has spent the last month preaching to the Arizona Wildcats about things such as defense, rebounding, toughness, hard work and focus.

Therea s still no word on what Ray McCallum is exactly thinking these days. But based on Sean Millera s comments today, McCallum probably isna t going to sign an LOI with the Wildcats this fall.

Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller may get only one signee this fall, but it's a critical one.

Once he started coaching Sean Miller as a freshman at Pittsburgh, Mark Coleman could see the point guard's future.

One by one these men in suits, these unfamiliar faces, take their seats on the home team's bench.

Someday, Sean Miller says, the Arizona Wildcats will hopefully be able to look back on their defensive effort in the Red-Blue Game and chuckle.

We've been wondering all off-season: How will the UA pep band greet Sean Miller? Turns out, it's the same way they greeted Lute Olson: With a hello.

Because it's not part of the Arizona basketball season-ticket package, today's Red-Blue Game won't draw anything close to a sellout crowd to McKale Center.

If Ray McCallum is impressed enough this weekend to become an Arizona Wildcat, the Michigan prep basketball star will face a potentially gut-wrenching conversation.

Head Coach : Sean Millera 'First year at Arizona; 120-47 overall Previous Season : 21-14; 9-9 Pac-10 ; lost to Louisville in NCAA round of 16 Additions : F Ross Davidson, F Solomon Hill, G Lamont Jones, C Kyryl Natyazhko, G/F Kevin Parrom, F Max Wiepking, F Derrick Williams, G Dondre Wise After a tumultuous 2007-08 season with Kevin O'Neill ...